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NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center has issued an alert: A geomagnetic storm will strike Earth August 3 and 4 and may produce auroras in the U.S.

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Few sights in the night sky are as awe-inspiring as aurora. The vibrant dancing lights – usually seen close to the planet’s poles – are produced by a wind of charged particles streaming from the Sun into Earth’s atmosphere. The resulting disturbances are called geomagnetic storms.